An Investigation into the Insurability of Pandemic Risk
- Life and health risks for pandemics similar to COVID-19 are insurable: they are generally non-systemic and modellable.
- Property & casualty (P&C) insurers, on the other hand, would have to collect business interruption policy premiums for 150 years to make up for projected global output losses in 2020 related to COVID-19.
Buiding Flood Resilience in a Changing Climate: Insights from the United States, England and Germany
Series of four reports on flood risk management (FRM) systems in the United States, Germany and England reveal that despite many activities, current approaches do not adequately factor in the changing risk landscape linked to climate change, land-use planning and development practices.
The Geneva Association is pleased to announce the elections of three new Board members:
2020 prize jointly awarded for two doctoral theses: one on the behavioural economics of retirement planning and one on the role of information in risk mitigation
Geneva Association Women in Insurance Award presented to AXA’s Garance Wattez-Richard for inclusive insurance initiatives that protect underserved populations
New annual award celebrates women insurance leaders whose work positively impacts society and contributes to making insurance a force for good
The Geneva Association is pleased to announce the launch of a new Women in Insurance Award. This annual award is the first of its kind: it is truly global and celebrates the achievements of senior-level women working in insurance toward advancing societal good.
Nominations are due 28 February 2020.
ZURICH, 18 November 2019 – The Geneva Association, the global organisation of insurance and reinsurance Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and leading think tank of the insurance industry, is announcing the appointment of Kai-Uwe Schanz as Deputy Managing Director and Head of Research & Foresight, effective 18 November 2019.
The Geneva Association is lauching a joint task force on cyber terrorism and cyber warfare with the International Forum of Terrorism Risk Reinsurance and Insurance Pools (IFTRIP). The special-purpose task force aims to conduct research on cyber terrorism risks across the re/insurance industry. Its initial findings will be published in mid-2020.
2019年ジュネーブ協会エルンスト・マイヤー賞（2019 Geneva Association Ernst Meyer Prize）はゲーテ大学（Goethe University）（フランクフルト）クリスチャン・クビッツァの論文、「金融の安定性と市場に関する小論文（Essays on Financial Stability and Markets）」と、エコール・ポリテクニーク（Ecole Polytechnique）（パリ）アレクシス・ルーアスの論文、「破滅的リスクの保険引受能力（Insurability of Catastrophic Risks）」に授与されました。
The 2019 Geneva Association Ernst Meyer Prize has been granted to Christian Kubitza of Goethe University (Frankfurt) for his thesis, Essays on Financial Stability and Insurance Markets, and to Alexis Louass of Ecole Polytechnique (Paris) for his thesis, Insurability of Catastrophic Risks.
